Nickel and Dimed in Chicago

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Nickel and Dimed

Nickel and Dimedby Joan Holden Directed by Dani Snyder-Young

Nickel and Dimed is based on the Barbara Ehrenreich (2001) book Nickel and Dimed (On Not Getting By In America). It engages audiences in a conversation about social class in America through the story of a journalist who, for a story, attempts to earn a living as a waitress, a maid, and a retail worker, only to discover how truly difficult it is to make ends meet on working-class wages.

This production is funded in part by a grant from Illinois Wesleyan University.